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1 killed, 325 injured in Yunnan quake
(Agencies/chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-07-10 07:16 BEIJING: A moderate earthquake rocked southwest China Thursday evening, killing one person, injuring at least 325 and collapsing more than 18,000 homes, state media said. The magnitude-6.0 temblor, centered in Yunnan province's Yao'an county, damaged another 30,000 homes, the Xinhua News Agency said.
The quake was followed by eight aftershocks and the provincial civil affairs department was sending 4,500 tents, 3,000 quilts and other relief materials to Yao'an, Xinhua said. More than 300 soldiers and hundreds of police were dispatched to the disaster zone, according to the CCTV news and Xinhua.
In 1988, a 7.1-magnitude quake in Yunnan near Myanmar killed more than 722 people. |